Method and apparatus for operating data, such as totaling data, etc

Patent 8161261 Issued on April 17, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date:

October 27, 2029. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

Patent References

Apparatus and method for storing retrievable boundary information into a buffer memory of a receiving device Patent #: 6161155
Issued on: 12/12/2000
Inventor: Simms, et al.

Inventors

Assignee

Fujitsu Limited

Application

No. 12606735 filed on 10/27/2009

US Classes:

711/170Memory configuring

Examiners

Primary: Ellis, Kevin
Assistant: Otto, Alan

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Fujitsu Patent Center

Foreign Patent References

2006-171800 JP 06/01/2006

International Class

G06F 12/00

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory storage medium on which is recorded a program for enabling a computer, to execute processes, the processes comprising: a first specification process forreferring to the first storage unit in a totaling storage unit which comprises a first storage unit for storing first dividing information which is border value information for specifying a desired range and is obtained by dividing border valueinformation belonging to the desired range in a first dividing position and first interpolation value dividing information obtained by dividing interpolation value information obtained by interpolating a value in the desired range of other than theborder value information in the first dividing position, a second storage unit for storing second dividing information obtained by dividing the border value information in a second dividing position adjacent to the first dividing position in a certaindirection and second interpolation value dividing information obtained by dividing the interpolation value information in the second dividing position and a third storage unit for storing information of a totaling information storage unit for storingtotaling information of a range to which the border value information belongs and in which the first storage unit has relation information between the first dividing information and the second storage unit and relation information between the firstinterpolation value dividing information and the third storage unit and the second storage unit has relation information between the second dividing information and the third storage unit and relation information between the second interpolation valuedividing information and the third storage unit and specifying the second storage unit related to the first dividing information which coincides with first total dividing information obtained by dividing totaling target information being totaling targetin the first dividing position or the third storage unit related to the first interpolation value dividing information which coincides with the first total dividing information; a second specification process for referring to the second storage unit andspecifying the third storage unit related to the second dividing information which coincides with second total dividing information obtained by dividing the totaling target information in the second dividing position or the third storage unit related tothe second interpolation value dividing information which coincides with the second total dividing information; and a totaling process for specifying a totaling information storage unit according to information stored by third storage unit specified bythe first or second specification process and storing totaling information of the totaling target information in the totaling information storage unit.

2. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the first dividing information and the first interpolation value dividing information are values obtained by converting information obtained by dividing the border valueinformation and the interpolation value information, respectively, in first dividing position to a hexadecimal code and the second dividing information and the second interpolation value dividing information are values obtained by converting informationobtained by dividing the border value information and the interpolation value information, respectively, in second dividing position to a hexadecimal code.

3. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the first and second dividing information are information obtained by dividing the border value information by a predetermined size and the first and second interpolation valuedividing information are information obtained by dividing the interpolation value by a predetermined size.

4. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the first storage unit comprises a plurality of first continuous arrays and array numbers of the first arrays indicate the first dividing information or first interpolationvalue dividing information and the second storage unit comprises a plurality of second continuous arrays and array numbers of the second arrays indicate the second dividing information or second interpolation value dividing information.

5. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the first storage unit comprises a plurality of first continuous arrays and stores relation information between the first dividing information and the second storage unit orrelation information between the first interpolation value dividing information and the second storage unit in the first array having an array number which coincides with the first dividing information or the first interpolation value dividinginformation and the second storage unit comprises a plurality of second continuous arrays and stores relation information between the second dividing information and the third storage unit or relation information between the second interpolation valuedividing information and the third storage unit in the second array having an array number which coincides with the second dividing information or the second interpolation value dividing information.

6. A totaling apparatus, comprising: a first specification unit for referring to the first storage unit in a totaling storage unit which comprises a first storage unit for storing first dividing information which is border value information forspecifying a desired range and is obtained by dividing border value information belonging to the desired range in a first dividing position and first interpolation value dividing information obtained by dividing interpolation value information obtainedby interpolating a value in the desired range of other than the border value information in the first dividing position, a second storage unit for storing second dividing information obtained by dividing the border value information in a second dividingposition adjacent to the first dividing position in a certain direction and second interpolation value dividing information obtained by dividing the interpolation value information in the second dividing position and a third storage unit for storinginformation of a totaling information storage unit for storing totaling information of a range to which the border value information belongs and in which the first storage unit has relation information between the first dividing information and thesecond storage unit and relation information between the first interpolation value dividing information and the third storage unit and the second storage unit has relation information between the second dividing information and the third storage unit andrelation information between the second interpolation value dividing information and the third storage unit and specifying the second storage unit related to the first dividing information which coincides with first total dividing information obtained bydividing totaling target information being totaling target in the first dividing position or the third storage unit related to the first interpolation value dividing information which coincides with the first total dividing information; a secondspecification unit for referring to the second storage unit and specifying the third storage unit related to the second dividing information which coincides with second total dividing information obtained by dividing the totaling target information inthe second dividing position or the third storage unit related to the second interpolation value dividing information which coincides with the second total dividing information; and a totaling unit for specifying a totaling information storage unitaccording to information stored by third storage unit specified by the first or second specification process and storing totaling information of the totaling target information in the totaling information storage unit.

7. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising: a first storage unit for storing first dividing information obtained by dividing border value information for specifying a desired range, which belongs to the desired range in a first dividingposition; a second storage unit for storing second dividing information obtained by dividing the border value information in a second dividing position adjacent to the first dividing position in a certain direction; and a third storage unit for storinginformation of a totaling information storage unit for storing totaling information of a range to which the border value information belongs, wherein the first storage unit has relation information between the first dividing information and the secondstorage unit and the second storage unit has relation information between the second dividing information and the third storage unit.

8. The storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the first storage unit stores a first interpolation value dividing information obtained by dividing interpolation value information obtained by interpolating a value in the desired range,other than the border value information, in the first dividing position and has relation information between the first interpolation value dividing information and the third storage unit and the second storage unit stores second interpolation valuedividing information obtained by dividing the interpolation value information in the second dividing position and has relation information between the second interpolation value dividing information and the third storage unit.

9. The storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the first storage unit stores a first interpolation value dividing information obtained by dividing interpolation value information obtained by interpolating a value in the desired range,other than the border value information, in the first dividing position and has relation information between the first interpolation value dividing information and the third storage unit.

10. The storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the second storage unit stores second interpolation value dividing information obtained by dividing the interpolation value information in the second dividing position and has relationinformation between the second interpolation value dividing information and the third storage unit.